Adeola Development-induced Displacement and Human Rights in Africa

The Kampala Convention
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-59169-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 154 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Contemporary Africa

Following independence, many African states embarked on large-scale development projects such as dams, urban renewal and extraction of natural resources and have had to grapple with how to protect displaced communities while implementing development projects. These projects were considered a panacea for Africa’s development and the economic interests of the majority were often considered over and above the interests of the minority of people who were displaced by these projects.

This book examines how a balance can be struck between the imperative of development and the rights of displaced persons the within the context of the African Union Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (the Kampala Convention). Romola Adeola analyses the obligations that are placed on African states by the Kampala Convention, shows how institutions beyond the state also have significant roles to in fostering compliance and examines how these actors can be regulated.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adeola, Romola

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Definition of terms

Presentation of study

Structure of study

Part I – Rationale

1. The international law of development-induced displacement

2. Development projects as a displacement phenomenon in Africa

3. The development of the Kampala Convention as a regional response

Part II – Responsibility of states

4 The Principle in article 10(1)

5 Perquisite I: Participation

6 Perquisite II: Prior-impact assessments

7 Private actors

Part III – Role of institutions

8 National and sub-regional institutions

9 Regional and global institutions

Über Autor(innen)

Romola Adeola is an Arnold and Blema Steinberg Post-Doctoral Fellow at McGill University in Canada.